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Biracial students more stressed
Study finds students of mixed race more stressed, but many offer criticism.
By MARY HOLING
Contributing Writer
Students of a mixed racial background are more likely to experience a higher rate of stress problems, according to a recent study.
Dr. J. Richard Udry, professor of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina and chief architect of the study, said he found that teenagers who identify with more then one race are more prone to health problems, such as headaches and sleep deprivation.
"It is reasonable to assume that students of mixed race are stressed in connection with racial identity and therefore suffer from health related stress symptoms,” Udry said.
Udry and his colleagues interviewed more then 90,000 middle school and high school aged students from all over the country. He discovered that students who are biracial tend to have sex earlier and are more likely to abuse alcohol.
Udry is not completely convinced by these findings, however, because he felt more thorough research needs to be done on the topic. He does hope that his study will raise awareness and change the reporting of symptoms that are normally attributed to stress, he said.
Some students at USC are skeptical of the study as well.
“You can't take something that everybody goes through such as
I see Study page 18 i
Exit*. Pierre Mumbere Mujomba speaks to faculty and students in Doheny Library about hts experiences as a writer in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
Thursday, November 13,2003
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USC students and enthusiasts of the French language attended a lecture on Wednesday from. Congolese exile Pierre Mumbere Mujomba, delivered entirely in his native Francophone dialect
About 50 people attended the event, held in Fcuchtwanger Memorial Library .within Doheny Library. The Ipecch was sponsored by the French department and the Villa Aurora, a foundation for European-A meric an relations that seeks to foster developments in the arts and literature.
Mujomba described the Democratic Republic of the COngo as a place that features a “demoralizing’
*
literary environment plagued by censorship, poor publishing outlets and a frustrated, divided community.
"It doesn’t facilitate writers," he said. “The lack of communication with the outside literary coimpunity cannot facilitate progress"
Mujomba is perhaps most famous for his play, “La demiire enveloppe.' which waa released in 1999. The play offered biting insight on the Congolese class structure and the global market *
Translated by European publishing companies, the play won the 1999 Decouverte Radio France International award.
In January of 2002, Mujomba was exiled from Belgian Congo for political reasons. He accepted 4 six-month I aat CaMa. page 14 l
Pierre ’ Mumbere Mujomba was exiled < from the Congo because of political reasons.
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"There are bad landlords and some shoddy facilities out there!’
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SCoalition wants to educate students about I heir rights as tenants.
BY LIDIANA PORTALES
Staff Writer
Students join battle over Galen Center
Anew student group on cam pus is seeking to raise aware ness about the shortage of student housing and the rights of community members against unscrupulous landlords.
The small grassroots organ 17,a tion, known as the Studejit Community Housing Coalition, has been 111 existence for less than a semester, but its members have big plans for the students and community members of USC.
‘‘The thing we want to do is educate community members and students about their rights as tenants, because a lot of people don’t know their rights,” said Benjamin Beatty, a senior majoring in English and cine-ma-television critical studies and a member of the coalition. "We are trying to help increase awareness that there are problems m the area.”
The housing coalition was formed when eight students, many of whom knew each other from other progressive organizations, decided address the common student problem of finding housing, Beatty said.
“We all had bad experiences getting housing," he said. "R3 doesn’t work for everyone. There are bad landlords and some very shoddy facilities out there.”
Lauren Akins, a junior majoring
111 geography and another member of the coalition, said the group was formed because of the shortage of student housing and the evictions of many residents around USC..
“A lot of us had worked on other 1 see Coalition, page 3 1
By RYAN WILSON
Contributing Writer
Controversy over whether USCs plans for the new Galen Center will be best for the local- economy has been brewing and students are getting involved.
Advocates for the center, which is expected to go under construction by September, say it will bring economic development to the region, enhance the area’s image and bring to USC what it has desperately desired: a new basketball arena.
“This is not something the community really needs,” said Alex Tarr, co-founder ' of the Student Community Housing Coalition and a senior majoring in cinema-televi-sion production. “The really pressing issue in this area is housing and jobs."
Student and community groups, including the Green Network, Strategic Action for Economic Justice, the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation and the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice have also voiced their discontent over the use of the land.
“We’re not opposed to the Galen Center. That’s been a misconception,” said Benjamin Beatty, president of the Green Network at USC and a senior in cinema-television critical studies and American literature. “What we want is USC to answer for some of the promises it made when it acquired the land in I see Galon, page 18 !
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Organize. Derek Wood, left, a freshman majoring in business administration, and Juliet Howland, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, fill out housing questionaires to help gauge student opinion about the housing available to students.

Biracial students more stressed
Study finds students of mixed race more stressed, but many offer criticism.
By MARY HOLING
Contributing Writer
Students of a mixed racial background are more likely to experience a higher rate of stress problems, according to a recent study.
Dr. J. Richard Udry, professor of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina and chief architect of the study, said he found that teenagers who identify with more then one race are more prone to health problems, such as headaches and sleep deprivation.
"It is reasonable to assume that students of mixed race are stressed in connection with racial identity and therefore suffer from health related stress symptoms,” Udry said.
Udry and his colleagues interviewed more then 90,000 middle school and high school aged students from all over the country. He discovered that students who are biracial tend to have sex earlier and are more likely to abuse alcohol.
Udry is not completely convinced by these findings, however, because he felt more thorough research needs to be done on the topic. He does hope that his study will raise awareness and change the reporting of symptoms that are normally attributed to stress, he said.
Some students at USC are skeptical of the study as well.
“You can't take something that everybody goes through such as
I see Study page 18 i
Exit*. Pierre Mumbere Mujomba speaks to faculty and students in Doheny Library about hts experiences as a writer in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
Thursday, November 13,2003
mm 1 ■■■■■ ... ......■uni.
INSIDE
The womens swim (earn balances Olympic training and high collegiate T hopes. 20 |
kJ
Vol. CXL1V, No. 56
freedom,
BY GREG DAMIAN0
SufT Writer
i
USC students and enthusiasts of the French language attended a lecture on Wednesday from. Congolese exile Pierre Mumbere Mujomba, delivered entirely in his native Francophone dialect
About 50 people attended the event, held in Fcuchtwanger Memorial Library .within Doheny Library. The Ipecch was sponsored by the French department and the Villa Aurora, a foundation for European-A meric an relations that seeks to foster developments in the arts and literature.
Mujomba described the Democratic Republic of the COngo as a place that features a “demoralizing’
*
literary environment plagued by censorship, poor publishing outlets and a frustrated, divided community.
"It doesn’t facilitate writers," he said. “The lack of communication with the outside literary coimpunity cannot facilitate progress"
Mujomba is perhaps most famous for his play, “La demiire enveloppe.' which waa released in 1999. The play offered biting insight on the Congolese class structure and the global market *
Translated by European publishing companies, the play won the 1999 Decouverte Radio France International award.
In January of 2002, Mujomba was exiled from Belgian Congo for political reasons. He accepted 4 six-month I aat CaMa. page 14 l
Pierre ’ Mumbere Mujomba was exiled < from the Congo because of political reasons.
Death Cab for Cutie talks about the mad to becoming
* indie rock icons. 7
While not known for Jazz,
Lbf Afigeles has a wealth ^ of places to hear it 7
| NewiDlgvC—t Upcoming—J
Opinion*---4 lilettflt-----7
*7jCUniBwi«. .. IB? Sport*. ——Si
- ■- ...........
WEATHER
Today: Mostly sunny. High 701 j low52 0^
T11 »■! > I ■WlHI ~ MMU tJttrh /.(J
of*km"owi utuuty. joy.
"There are bad landlords and some shoddy facilities out there!’
« • \ J .V ’• '/'m •y*Tt*r *
--i-- • - -■ Hfr ,■ n--1 ■ - .....-
BENJAMIN BEATTY member
' gCaalttloo ' *•' ;
SCoalition wants to educate students about I heir rights as tenants.
BY LIDIANA PORTALES
Staff Writer
Students join battle over Galen Center
Anew student group on cam pus is seeking to raise aware ness about the shortage of student housing and the rights of community members against unscrupulous landlords.
The small grassroots organ 17,a tion, known as the Studejit Community Housing Coalition, has been 111 existence for less than a semester, but its members have big plans for the students and community members of USC.
‘‘The thing we want to do is educate community members and students about their rights as tenants, because a lot of people don’t know their rights,” said Benjamin Beatty, a senior majoring in English and cine-ma-television critical studies and a member of the coalition. "We are trying to help increase awareness that there are problems m the area.”
The housing coalition was formed when eight students, many of whom knew each other from other progressive organizations, decided address the common student problem of finding housing, Beatty said.
“We all had bad experiences getting housing," he said. "R3 doesn’t work for everyone. There are bad landlords and some very shoddy facilities out there.”
Lauren Akins, a junior majoring
111 geography and another member of the coalition, said the group was formed because of the shortage of student housing and the evictions of many residents around USC..
“A lot of us had worked on other 1 see Coalition, page 3 1
By RYAN WILSON
Contributing Writer
Controversy over whether USCs plans for the new Galen Center will be best for the local- economy has been brewing and students are getting involved.
Advocates for the center, which is expected to go under construction by September, say it will bring economic development to the region, enhance the area’s image and bring to USC what it has desperately desired: a new basketball arena.
“This is not something the community really needs,” said Alex Tarr, co-founder ' of the Student Community Housing Coalition and a senior majoring in cinema-televi-sion production. “The really pressing issue in this area is housing and jobs."
Student and community groups, including the Green Network, Strategic Action for Economic Justice, the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation and the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice have also voiced their discontent over the use of the land.
“We’re not opposed to the Galen Center. That’s been a misconception,” said Benjamin Beatty, president of the Green Network at USC and a senior in cinema-television critical studies and American literature. “What we want is USC to answer for some of the promises it made when it acquired the land in I see Galon, page 18 !
juanne juu 1 uaiiy nujan
Organize. Derek Wood, left, a freshman majoring in business administration, and Juliet Howland, a sophomore majoring in environmental studies, fill out housing questionaires to help gauge student opinion about the housing available to students.